Weekly Recruiting Report

Photo: Hudl-Richie Munoz

Michael Huntley December 29, 2020 @ 07:09 AM

One of Southern California’s top available prospects after the early signing day announced his commitment on Christmas day. Defensive tackle [player_tooltip player_id="25058" first="Victory" last="Vaka"] from Westlake (Westlake Village) committed to Colorado last Friday. He is one of the biggest defensive linemen in the country at 350 pounds and dominates interior offensive linemen in the running game. Many college scouts think that Vaka will need to drop 30 pounds or so to be able to regain some speed and play at his highest level. If he can keep his weight in check, he has the ability and heart to be a multi-year starter for the Buffaloes. Vanderbilt and BYU pushed hard for Vaka in recent weeks but Colorado put the full-court press on him. Colorado’s defensive line coach Chris Wilson, defensive backs coach Demetrice Martin and quality control coach Junior Tanuvasa all spent time personally recruiting Vaka and he made the Christmas commitment. Vaka is the sixth player from California in Colorado’s 2021 recruiting class, three of which have already signed letters of intent. He joins [player_tooltip player_id="25143" first="Kaylin" last="Moore"] as the second athlete from Westlake Village in Colorado’s recruiting class. Moore attends Oaks Christian High, Westlake’s rival. https://twitter.com/Tarek_Fattal/status/1165097830593093635?s=20 San Jose State offers pair of 2023 QBs Coming off an undefeated season, San Jose State is looking ahead and offering two promising C/O 2023 quarterbacks. The Spartans offered [player_tooltip player_id="25416" first="Richie" last="Munoz"] of La Salle College Prep (Pasadena) and [player_tooltip player_id="25433" first="Xavier" last="Rice"] of Loyola (Los Angeles). Munoz is 6-feet tall and a hair under 200 pounds. He completed 57 percent of his passes for 2,626 yards and 30 touchdowns which is remarkable for a freshman. San Jose State is his first offer. Rice did not get varsity playing time at Loyola last season. [player_tooltip player_id="25209" first="Brayden" last="Zermeno"] (Princeton commit) was the Cub’s quarterback who led them to the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game. He is a bigger sophomore at 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds. He also has an offer from UNLV. https://twitter.com/LaSalleLancers/status/1175238276770226177?s=20 Nevada offers two young Long Beach stars Just a week after Millikan receiver [player_tooltip player_id="25069" first="Ezavier" last="Staples"] signed with UCLA, two more Millikan players received offers from Nevada. The Wolfpack offered C/O linebacker Riley Tuggle and C/O 2023 defensive back Jaden Hunt. Hunt is 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds and didn’t see any varsity playing time for Millikan last season. Nevada is his first offer. Tuggle is an outside linebacker who is 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds.